Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 58e7989ab809e566…

MALICIOUS

PDF

93.3 KB Created: 2021-07-23 03:35:30 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-13
MD5: e7c76b88d324b102559b1785a2e8cd8c SHA-1: 0f79fecbec967e6cfb2eb5589eca93b437293d06 SHA-256: 58e7989ab809e56656ea113302d66a226eeee62e00a28eb4db56d16210c8ddb5
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF file contains a link farm pointing to multiple compromised websites and disposable domains, suggesting an attempt to distribute malicious content. The ClamAV detection and ML classifier strongly indicate malicious intent, likely for phishing or malware distribution. No scripts were extracted, but the presence of numerous external links is the primary indicator of malicious activity.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9985

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Visual download / call-to-action button lure low SE_DOWNLOAD_BUTTON
    Document contains a call-to-action phrase ('Click here to download', 'Download Now', etc.) — low-signal unless other findings point to a malicious workflow
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://mt-creativestudio.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/77103337677.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://ghrnightinwhite.com/clients/7/72/721f26fb9237119891afe8d29dbdfc29/File/kutapajupupag.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.myjamaicais.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/d0106f72387c131c1c03ebcb01867614/fozunefeni.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.kevinbrooks.ca/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607635e70a4cd---didawoza.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://atamergranit.com/userfiles/file/46586808642.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pp-aqua.com/userfiles/files/dokiwilefazupimil.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://medica-eg.com/userfiles/file/603342041.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://3dreamstudios.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c8d105de6deb1d23f98d07de59d73661/25959653482.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://sherwoodchambergolf.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/murovilimamaf.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--2vxr09c6mc.tw/CKEdit/upload/files/mojavi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zulassung4you.de/bilder/file/wesiduwuxagixuvobu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://alcc.vn/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/t9esth1dr093d320s10044st56/sapopeviritakekuw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://hotelristorantenovecento.it/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bb6785ce8a1296b59b538fa028a0c2f4/jixaminilab.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://malimbe.africa/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/74d078d3d1ef9c948392478b754d28e9/gobafexoxaz.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://boldvision.tv/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16083d5050784c---8292765407.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://mateuszkucharski.pl/admin/file/2446640833.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://realwebguys.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608a61be61d29---41041467047.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://w-mill.jp/images/file/bojovemitiwefadaxe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beijingbeat.com/contents//files/56609059586.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bplidevajqhnlm54u98hnr8jor/sawatupoxujimamiru.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://jamesirvinewedding.com/clients/f/f9/f947a18657f5d77a8fcd192ffd4ccf25/File/pepoxixo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://koszyczarek.pl/userfiles/file/pumixuki.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://zuche0551.com/upload/file/25676126254.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.sanier.pl/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/rklnlk62mj6f4if00sfv6acsre/jekemexotewawebojudoze.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bestlifepolicy.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c499c481cea---zasiw.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/fzgW7-mxBc0/uplcv?utm_term=internet+and+world+wide+web+how+to+program+pdf+free+downloadPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00010a46.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10A46 16600 bytes
SHA-256: 4cce5716a11631feea642ae58e09ed833f74d92bbb7cc337191324958743275e
font_01_sfnt_off00013545.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x13545 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00014d5c.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x14D5C 10952 bytes
SHA-256: a433645ae362e09176c1b3e68f2899b84d7fd93fc720f213e8ae4995b9dcb124